Vrikke

To me a knitted sweather is like a painting. An adventure in colours, pattern and composition. My world of colours is inspired by the nature in my home valley in the heart of traditional Telemark in Norway.The basis of my design is founded on my own cultural heritage - weaving, traditional rosepainting, national costumes and knitwear from previous generations."My designs are a personal statement to be worn by individuals.A celebration of life."

Mystery donor leaves lots of cashOctober 5, 2018Someone wants to contribute financially to a local athletics organization in the West Coast community of Varhaug. He or she is doing it by leaving hundreds of thousands of kroner in the mailbox of the sports group's leader. The first packet of money arrived in 2014, in the mailbox at the home of the organization's [...]

Royals are finally invited to ChinaOctober 4, 2018The Chinese government kept Norwegian officials in suspense, but have finally followed through on a promised invitation to King Harald and Queen Sonja. The royals will leave next week for a week-long state visit, their first to China in 21 years. It confirms how a diplomatic freeze between Norway and China has thawed, even though [...]